Improvement in mechanical toys



R. l.l CLAY.

`improve Mechanical-Toys; f 940.131,84). l Patented 0ct.1,1872.

UNITED STATEs" PATENT EEIOE.

ROBERT J. CLAY, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

yIMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL TOYS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,849, dated October1, 1872.

To all whom' 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. CLAY, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have in vented a new and useful Mechanical Bear-Toy 5 and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspeciiication, and in which- Figure l representsan outside view of themechanical `bear in an erect position with its covering removed5Fig. 2,a partially vertical head to. and fro in a snapping manner, thus givingto the automaton actions which invest it with the semblance of life.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents the main portion or body ofthe animal; B, its

` head; C, its hind legs or limbs; and D D, its

fore legs. A covering resembling the natural skin or coat of the animalis applied tothe exterior ofl the several parts. The body A is made tocontain the clock-work, which may be of any suitable description, and ishere repre sented as consisting ot' a coiled spring, b, having awinding-arbor, c, projecting through the l side of the animal, andprovided with aratchet and pawl, said arbor c giving motion, by means ofa wheel,-d, to a train of gear, e, f, g, h, t', k, and l.- Said body Ais pivoted below to rock on a cross-pin, m, on the ends of which thehind limbs U are fitted. Upon the revolving arbor o is a toe, E, thatworks against a cam, F, fast to one side of the front portion of thebody or frame carrying the clockwork, said toe and cam being so shapedthat the toe in revolving operates during a part of its rotation upon oragainst the cam to gradually raise the body from its crouching position,shown in Fig. 2, to the erect posture represented for it in Fig. l, andafterward, or as the protrud-v ing portion of the toe leaves the cam,and after it has left it, admits of the body falling by its weight ontothe heel or hub of the toe, where it remains till again lifted. The forelimbs D D of the animal are vibrated from a cross-joint pin, o, asacenter of motion to shake or work as if pawing by cranks on oppositeends of the spindle which .carries the gears ej', one,'G, of whichcranks is shown in Fig. 1. Each of these cranks is connected, by aseparate pitman, H, to the limb D it controls, and said cranks should beso set that the up-and-down motion of either limb D is alternate. Thelower jaw of the animal is pivoted at a, and is opened and closed inmoderately rapid succession by means of a cam, I, on the spindle of thegears e f operating against a toe connected with a lever, q, which isattached, by a cord, 1", to the jaw and acts in concert with aspring, s,to produce an opposite action on the jaw to that -of the cam. The head Bis slightly turned in one direction at intervals, and returned in asudden or snapping manner to its original or straight position, asfollows: The neck portion of said head has ,attached to it a pivot, t,which connects it with the frame of the body or bracket a therefrom, andprovides for the turning of the head. Upon the one side of the mainwheel d is a pin, o, which, as it comes round in the rotation of thewheel, temporarily acts upon a cam-like projection ofa lever, K, thatmay have its fulcrum on the cross-pin m, and which, being forced away bythe pin o, pulls upon a cord, w, that, running and being suitably guidedup through the body and attached to thehead at an Von one side of thepivot t, causes the head to be gradually turned in one direction. Sosoon, however, as the pin leaves the cam-like projection of the lever K,a spring, L, arranged to pull on the opposite side ofthe head to that onwhich the cord w is attached, operates to suddenly jerk the head back toits normal position, thus, or when combined with the opening and closingof the mouth, giving the animal a snapping action.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

l.A The combination of Vthe revolving toe EV with the cam F and body Aofthe animal, ar-

ranged to rock on a lower cross-pin or pivot, structed to turn, asdescribed, and y back, of fm, substantially as specified. the mechanismfor opening and closing the 2. The combination, with the fore limbs D,lower jaw, essentially as herein set forth. of the revolving cranks Gand connecting- ROBT. J. CLAY. A rods H, essentially as and for thepurpose Witnesses: herein set forth. FRED. HAYNEs, 3. The combination,with the head B, eon- FERD. TUscH.

